Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-30

unIC 1n all maCCerS, raCner man the SCf1k0 itself. The names of establishments have not been given, for many apparent reasons, but the localities and the industries to which the establishments belong are all clearly specified.
 After detailing the methods by which the bureau collected it's information land these show that the greatest care was taken in the the commissioner states that there were for the whole period involved P, 336 establishments in which strikes oc- cured and 2, 182 in which lockouts occurred The strikes are divided by years, as follows: In 1851, 2,92S; in 1882, 9, 1O5; in 1883, ?, ,759; in 1884, 2,367; in 1885, 2,2S4, and in 1856. o S93. Since Jan. 1, 1887, so far as the bureau has been able to ascertain, there has been great falling off of strikes, as cons pared with 1886; the number of establish ments in which they occurred dropping be- low 5000, 5000 of which occurred in tho first half of the year.
 Nearly 75 per cent. of the establishments in which strikes occurred for the six years named, and neariy 91 per cent. of those in which lockouts occurred, were in the dvc statesof New York, Pennsylvania, Massa- chusetts, Ohio anu Illinois, which states con- tain 49 per cent. of all the manufacturing of the country, and employ 5S per cent of the capit al invested in me chanical industries in the country.
 The total number of employees involved in the whole number of strikes for the whole period was 1,3l8,6 while the number of employees locked out was 159, ,543. Of all the strikers nearly S9 per cent. were males, and about Il per cent. females; while of these locked out 69 Fer cent. were males, and 31 per cent. females.
 The totals show that of the strikes occur ring in tile 22, ,336 establishments during the period covered by the investigation, those in 10, ,407 succeeded, and those in 3,o04 met with partial success, while in s,910 establish Ill $ the strikes were failures.
 Many difficulties were found in ascertain ing the exact loss of employees, but the in- formation secured shows that the loss to them for the six years was $51, ,S16, 165. while the loss to employees through lockouts for the same period was SS, 133, ,717; or total wage loss to employees through strikes and lock- outs for the six years covered of $59, ,946, ,SS2. Three million three hundred and twenty-five thousand and fifty-seven dollars were ex- pended in assistance to strikers, so far as ascer ainable.
 The employers losses through strikes for the six years amounted to $3O, 732, ,b58, and through lockouts to s3, ,432, ,261, being total loss to employers in establishments where
 
 164, ,914. An examination of the summary tables by industries for both strikes and lockouts discloses the fact that the chief burden under strikes was borne by 13 indus tries, viz: boots and shoes, S53 establish ments; brickmaking, 478; building trades, 6,O60; clothing, 1,728; cooperage, ASA; food preparations, 1.419; furniture, 491 lumber, 395; metals and metallic goods, 1,5S5; min ing, 2,06o; stone, 46S; tobacco, 2,959; trans portation, 1. 478: or a total number of estab- lishments in these industries of 19, ,957, being about 9Q per cent. of the whole number of establishments subjected to strikes.
 In lockouts five trades bore 80 per cent. of the whole burden. They were as follows: Boots and shoes, 155 establishm ,nts; build- ing trades, 531; clothing, T73; metals and metallic goods, 76, and tobacco, 226, or Q total of 1,761.
 For the two classes or distur bances, strikes and lockouts. the trades that have been named affected 22. 432 establishments, or about 90 per cent. of the whole number in- volved.
 Among the long list of strikes there were several which presented unusual difficulties in the way of tabular statement, and for these-namely, the telegraphers' strike of 1888 and the strikes on the southwestern or Gould system of railways in 1885-86, all having national influence-specif1c expla- nations are given.
 The facts given by the bureau regarding the strikes occurring prior to 1881, and also those relative to legislation and the decisions of courts concerning unions, combinations, conspiracies and boycotts cons stitute an ex- ceedingly valuable portion of the report.